Band-brake.



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H. A. TUTTLE.

BAND BRAKE,

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BAND BRAKE. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 23, 1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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BAND-BR.

Be it known that I, HENRY A. TUTTLE, o Taunton, county of Bristol, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in' Band-Brakes, of which the following is a specificatitm.

T his invention relates to band brakes, and has for its object to construct a simple yet powerful brake, especially adapted for use 111 connection with transmission gearing, such for instance as represented iirmy application for Letters Patent Serial No. 390,566, filed August 29, 1907, yet it may be used for other purposes.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hand brake embodying, this invention. Fig. 2 is an end viewpi the hand brake shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the band brake shown in Fig. 1, taken on the dotted line 33, the members of the brake. occupyin their engaging positions. Fig. 4 is a detai ot' the two brake members, the full lines showing the merribers in their disengaging position and the dotted lines in their engagmg positions. Fig. 5 is a detail of said brake-members before the bolt connecting said members together is tightened. Figs. (3 and 7 are details of one of the cam-faced bosses, and, Fig. 8 is a modification to be referred to.

f represents a cylindrical case. or other object, adapted to be engagml by the band brake. g

0, 0, represent two semicircular members shaped to-embra-ce the case. each member having at one end an ear 0, and 'at the opposite end an ear of, said cars all extending outwardly.

A flat bar or is arranged horizontally beneath the case, one end of which is placed between the two ears 0, 0', and a bolt in passes through holes in said cars and bar, which holds them assembled, and also holds the bar in tixcd position. The inner sides or faces of the ears 0, 0, which engage the bar m, are oppositely inclined, as shown in Figs. :5, 4 and 5, and the bar is formed with parallel sides or faces, and when the bolt m is passed through them and tightened, said ears are drawn into engagement with the bar, and by reason of the inclination which is given tothc engaging faces of the cars, theopposite ends of the semicircular members are caused to separate from each other sufficiently to disengage the case-and permit it Specification of Letters Patentl Patented April 13,1909.

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"to revolve freely. Orin lieu thereof the. end of the bar In may be formed with oppositely inclined sides orfaces, see Fig. 8, or the whole bar may be thus constructed, and the inner sides or faces of the ears which engage said bar may be formed in parallelism, and as a result said ears are held at slight angles with respect to each other, being brought nearer togttherat their outer or lower ends. This likewise causes the opposite ends of the semicircular members to separate so as to disengage the case sufficiently to permit it to revolve freely. In both instances the two semicircular members are rigidly connected to the bar and are caused to diverge from said bar. Hence I do not desire to limit my invention to the particular, means em loyed for engaging the ears 0, 0, to cause t m opposite ends of the semicircular members to separate.

To cause the semicircular members to engage the case and restrain it from rotation they are drawn toward each other, and they are made inherently siring acting in order that this result may, e accomplished. A bolt 0" extends through holes in the ears 0, 0 which is' made long enough to extend beyond one of the ears, t-oirecei've upon it an arm abetween its head and the adjacent ear; The-arm a has a cani-fa t'aed boss a which engages a cam-faced boss 0 on the adjacent ear 0 so that as the armis turned'on the bolt as an axis the ear which is engaged by said arm, will'be moved toward the opposite ear, and the bolt will be drawn longitudinally to thereby draw said opposite ear toward the first named ear. Thus the .two cars are caused to approach each other and the two semicircular members 0, c ore caused to engagc the case. Movement of the arm a in one direction causes the two semicircular members to engpge the case and movement thereof in the opposite direction permit-s said members to disengage the case. By turning up the nut on the boltthe cars are adjusted relative to each other. e l

It is designed and intended thatthe arm 12 shall occupy three ditlerent positions, see full and dottedlines Fig. 1, in order that the actuating lever k towhicliit is connected, as hereinafter described,"1nay be employed to operate the clutch-mechanismshown in 1 my aforesaid application"#390,566, and in two of these positions it'shall not operate the band brake, but in the tbird it' shall opv ends to the outer end of the aforesaid bar m.

I crate the band-brake. Furthermore, it is portion and t a quick rise of the cam, and t a slow rise of the cam. When the arm n is in its first and second positions see' dotted lines Fig. 1, the portions .t and t on the arm occupy and move in the de ressed portion 25, of.

the boss on the ear, an

when in its third position see full lines Fig. .1, said portions t andt ride up on the corresponding portions of the boss on the ear. Hence the depressed portions are made of a length substantially twice as long as the combined length of the portions t and t. The inherent spring action of the two semicircular members is suf ficient to permit them to be moved toward each other to engage the case by a movement of the arm n in one direction, and to separate and thereby disengage the case when the arm is moved in the opposite direction.

To swing the arm n for the purpose of operating the hand brake it is herein shown as connected by a link n", with an actuatinglever 70*, it being bent at a point intermediate its length to enable this connection to be made. The actuating lever k is herein shown as rigidly connected at its lower end to the upper ends of a pair of bent bars 7c, 7c, which are pivotally connected at their lower Hence the actuating-lever 7c is pivotally connected'to the bar m. The bars 1c and k are bent in opposite ways, as shown, for the pur- 40 a clutch-mec I actuating-lever.

-' tion; Otherwise the case would The two semicircular members 0, o, are herein shown as each having an outwardly extended lug 0 which is adapted to engage a suitable support, to thereby 'prevent the hand brake from turning with respect to the case whenever'it is operated, and also for supporting the weight of, the band-brake when the parts thereof are in their disengaging positions. By providing theselugs 0 and arranging them as herein shown, one or both of them will be disengaged from its support when the members engage the case. but when said members disengage the case said lugs will move into" engagement with their supports and will-act to support the cooperative parts of the band-brake, so as to entirely relieve the case from performingl this funcave to support the band-brake, and owing to the fric-.. tion produced by the engagern'pnt of the case and and-brake, even when the parts of the band-brake are in their disengaging positions and merely rest 'on the case, it is a decided improvement to entirely avoid such engagement of the case and band brake.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is .1. A band brake consisting of a supporting bar, two spring-acting semicircular members havmg cars at one end which extend over the opposite sides of said supporting bar, the en gaging faces of the ears and bar being inclined one with relation to the other in opposite ways at. opposite sides ofthe bar whereby said members are divcrgingly disposed with respect to the bar, means for rigidly securing said ears to the bar, and means engaging the opposite ends of' said members to draw sai tl members toward each other against their inherent tendency to separate, substantially described.

' A hand brake consisting of a supporting bar having a pair of oppositeiy disposed parallel engaging faces, two spring acting semicircular members having cars at one end formed with oppositely inclined engaging faces which extend over the engaging faces of the sup ortingbar, a bolt extending through sai ears and bar for rigidly attaching the semicircular members to the bar, and means engaging the opposite ends of said members to draw them toward each other against their inherent tendency to separate, substantially'asdescribed.

3.A band brake consisting of a supporting bar, two spring acting semicircularmembers rigidly secured at one end to said bar and diverging therefrom and having ears at their opposite ends, a bolt extended through said cars, a nut-turned on the end of said bolt engaging one of said ears, an arm mounted on the other end of said bolt between the' head thereof and the other ear, said arm and the adjacent ear each having a cam-faced boss which engage each other,

'wherehy movement of the arm draws the bolt in one direction and moves the adjacent ear in the opposite direction, to thereby draw the two semicircular members toward each other, and means for moving said arm, substantially as described.

4. A hand brake consisting of a supporting bar, two spring acting SGIIlJlClI'OllIflJ members rigidly scour-er at one end to said bar and diverging therefrom and having cars at their opposite ends, a bolt extended through said ears, a nut turned on one end of said bolt engaging one of said ears, an arm mounted on the other end of said bolt between the head thereof-and the other car, said arm and the adjacent ear each having-a cam faced boss which-engage each other, whereby movement of the arm draws the bolt in one direction and moves theadjacent ear inthe oppo site direction to therebydraw the two semicircular members toward each other, an actucars at one end of said members for supporting said members, a bolt extended through the ears at the op )osite ends of said members, an arm mounted head thereof and one of said ears, said arm and the adjacent ear each having a eanifaced boss which engage each other, the cams thereon each having a quick rise and a slow rise in continuation and also having a de- 5 pressed portion substantiallK-equal in length to twice the length of bot the quick and slow rises, substantially as described.

on said bolt between the 6. A band-brake consisting ofa supportingbar, two sprin' -acting semicircular members rigidly secure at one end to said bar and diverging therefrom, means engaging the opposite ends of said members to draw them toward each other against their inherent tend I ency to separate, and outwardly extended lugs arranged on said members whieh'engage supports and thereby support the weight of the band-brake when the members thereof are moved into disengaging positions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereot, l have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY A. TUTTLE. Witnesses B. J. NoYEs, H. B. DAvIs. 

